Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines and I have the pleasure and delight to be the village's Conservative Councillor. But these are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

And the solution to price-fixing problems is...

Thousands of patients regularly experience delays in obtaining essential medicines because profiteering traders are selling drugs intended for the NHS to higher-paying European countries – more than 18 months after the Government promised to tackle the problem.

MPs, pharmacists and patient groups say the Government must strengthen legislation to outlaw the export of scarce drugs because self-regulation has failed.

How ignorant of basic economics does the NHS have to get before is breaks?